Handle.



' No. 675,9l7. Patentad lune. ll, l90l.

G. S. ALLEN.

HANDLE.

(Application fliod m a, 1901.

(No Model.)

' W/ TNE SSE S IN VE N TOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. ALLEN, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE PECK,STOW, AND \VILCOX COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,917, dated June 11,1901.

Application filed January 3,1901. Serial No. 42,004. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. ALLEN, of the town of Southington, countyof Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Handles, which is fully set forth and described in thefollowing specification, taken in connection with the drawings whichform a part thereof, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the handlecinbodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a sectional view of the same.

In both figures similar letters of reference represent like parts.

My invention relates to handles, of wood or other suitable material,which are adapted to be secured to the central part of a metal rod theouter ends of which have been curved or bent at an angle with said part,and more particularly to handles applied to the central part of bracesor bit-stocks; and it consists in a novel construction of the partswhich when assembled produce a simple device easily adjusted andretained in place, as more fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, A represents the metal-rod portion of a brace orbit-stock the outer ends of which are bent at an angle to the main orcentral part thereof, and a and a recesses in said central part adaptedto receive screws, as more fully set forth hereinafter.

B and 13 represent the two parts of a split handle provided inwell-known manner with recesses to receive the rod A and having at theouter ends thereof annular slots 1) and b, in which are adapted to befitted ferrules b' and b having a disk portion and an inturned flange.

C and C represent metal collars, each of which is provided with acircular perforation 0, adapted to receive screws 0.

In assembling the various parts described above the parts B and B of thehandle are placed in position over the rod A, when the ferrules b and Uare passed over the outer ends of said rod A and the flanges forced.into the slots 11 and b in well-known manner to bind together the twoparts of the handle. The collars C and C are then passed over the outerends of the rod A and held in position against the outer surface of theferrules b and b by means of the screws 0, as shown in Fig. 2, thussecuring the handle on the rod in its proper position, while the diskportions of the ferrules bear against the collars and avoid wear on theends of the handle. The collars also serve to prevent the ferrules fromworking off the ends of the handle.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters latent, is-

A handle consisting of two parts, each of said parts being recessed onits inner side; a rod adapted to fit in said recessed portions and besurrounded thereby; annular slots in the outer ends of said parts, inwhich are adapted to fit the flanges of the disk-ended ferrules to holdsaid parts together to form a handle around said rod; and removablecollars adapted to be secured to said rod, at the outer ends of saidhandle to bear on the said portions of the ferrules to hold said handlein position and prevent the ferrules from coming off, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Southington, in thecounty of Hartford, State of Connecticut, this 27th day of December,1900.

GEORGE S. ALLEN.

\Vitnesses:

MARcUs 'lI. HOLCOMB, MARoELLUs B. VVILLCOX.

